Welcome
to the City of St. Petersburg City
Council meeting.To assist the City Council in conducting the Citys business, we ask
that you observe the following:

1.If
you are speaking under the Public Hearings, Appeals or Open Forum sections of
the agenda, please observe the time limits indicated on the agenda.

2.Placards
and posters are not permitted in the Chamber.Applause is not permitted except in connection with Awards and
Presentations.

3.Please
do not address Council from your seat.If asked by Council to speak to an issue, please do so from the podium.

4.Please
do not pass notes to Council during the meeting.

5.Please
be courteous to other members of the audience by keeping side conversations to
a minimum.

6.The
Fire Code prohibits anyone from standing in the aisles or in the back of the
room.

7.If
other seating is available, please do not occupy the seats reserved for individuals
who are deaf/hard of hearing.

GENERAL AGENDA
INFORMATION

For
your convenience, a copy of the agenda material is available for your review at
the Main Library, 3745 Ninth
Avenue North, and at the City Clerks Office, 1st
Floor, City Hall, 175 Fifth Street
North, on the Monday two weeks preceding the
regularly scheduled Council meeting. The agenda and backup material is also posted
on the Citys website at www.stpete.org and generally electronically
updated the Friday preceding the meeting and again the day preceding the
meeting.
The updated agenda and backup material can be viewed at all St. Petersburg libraries. An updated copy is also available on
the podium outside Council Chamber at the start of the Council meeting.

If
you are deaf/hard of hearing and require the services of an interpreter, please
contact the City Clerk, 893-7448, or call our TDD Number, 892-5259, at least 24
hours prior to the meeting and we will provide that service for you.

If you wish to address City Council on
subjects other than public hearing or quasi-judicial items listed on this
agenda, please sign up with the Clerk prior to the meeting.Only the individual wishing to speak may sign
the Open Forum sheet and only City residents, owners of property in the City,
owners of businesses in the City or their employees may speak.All issues discussed under Open Forum must be
limited to issues related to the City of St.
Petersburg government.

Speakers will be called to address
Council according to the order in which they sign the Open Forum sheet.In order to provide an opportunity for all
citizens to address Council, each individual will be given three (3)
minutes.The nature of the speakers'
comments will determine the manner in which the response will be provided.The response will be provided by City staff
and may be in the form of a letter or a follow-up phone call depending on the
request.

C.Consent
Agenda (see attached)

D.New
Ordinances - (First Reading of Title and Setting of Public Hearing)

Setting March 1, 2012 as the public
hearing date for the following proposed Ordinance:

(a)Resolution
approving the application for Co-sponsoredEvent Status "in name only"for Centaur Productions, LLC ("Centaur") for an event entitled
Great American Music Event to be held September 28-30, 2012, in Vinoy Park from
11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m, each day in accordance with City Council Resolution
No. 2000-562, as amended; provided all City fees are paid 10 days prior to the
event taking place; and further provided that Centaur provide the City with
proof of its existence as a legal entity within 30 days of the date of this
Resolution; waiving the non-profit requirement of City Council Resolution No.
2000-562(a) 8 as to Centaur; and authorizing the Mayor or his designee to
execute all documents necessary to effectuate this Resolution.

(b)Resolution
in accordance with City Code Section 21-38(d) Exempting Great American Music
Event from the restrictions in City Code Section 21-38 (d) on the issuance of a
permit for alcoholic beverages (for on premises consumption only) to be sold,
served, dispensed, possessed, used and/ or consumed in Vinoy Park for Great
American Music Event to be held September 28-30, 2012 between the hours of
11:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. each day.

(c)Resolution
approving the applications for Co-sponsored Event Status "in name
only" for Backline Music Group, LLC ("Backline") for an event
entitled Sun Screen Film Festival to be held April 20, 2012, in Williams Park
from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., and Saint Petersburg Preservation, Inc.
("SPP") for an event entitled May Movies in The Park to be held May
3, 10, 17, 24 & 31, 2012 in North Straub Park from 6:00 p..m. to 10:00 p.m.
(collectively, "Applicants") in accordance with City Council
Resolution No. 2000-562, as amended; ("Resolution 2000-562") provided
all City fees are paid 10 days prior to the event taking place; waiving the
payment of the waiver fee required by City Council Resolution No. 2009-353 for
applicants seeking a waiver of the 6 month requirement of Section "d"
of Resolution 2000-562 as to SPP; waiving the six month requirement of Section
"d" of Resolution. 2000-562, as to the applicants; waiving the
non-profit requirement of City Council Resolution No. 2000-562(a) 8 as to
Backline; and authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute all documents
necessary to effectuate this resolution.

(d)Ordinance
providing for the sale and consumption of beer, wine and other alcoholic
beverages in Williams Park on April 20, 2012; for theCo-Sponsored Event known as Sun Screen Film
Festival on that date.

(a)Resolution
authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute a Lease Agreement with the
School Board of Pinellas County, Florida, a political subdivision of the State
of Florida, for the use of property located at 8131 Macoma Drive Northeast, St.
Petersburg, as a neighborhood park for a term of fifty (50) years, at nominal
consideration.

(b)Resolution
of the City Council approving a supplemental appropriationin the amount of $1,657,000 from the
unappropriated fund balance of the Weeki Wachee Capital Projects Fund (3041) to
the Rio Vista Park Improvements Project (13166).

(c)Resolution
of the City Council providing for the waiver of Section 21-120(f) of the city
code relating to approval of projects and allocation of monies from the Weeki
Wachee Operating Fund; approving a transfer in the amount of $41,050 from the
unappropriated balance of the Weeki Wachee Operating Fund (1041) to the Weeki
Wachee Capital Projects Fund (3041); and a supplemental appropriation in the
amount of $41,050 from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the Weeki
Wachee Capital Projects Fund resulting from this transfer to the Lakewood Shade
Structure Project (TBD).

(d)Resolution
of the City Council providing for the allocation of moniesfrom the Weeki Wachee Operating Fund;
approving a transfer $1,___,000 fromthe
unappropriated balance of the Weeki Wachee Operating Fund to the Weeki Wachee
Capital Projects Fund to be preserved and invested for future projects;
providing that this money shall not be invested in any investment that does not
guarantee the preservation of the principle; providing that no money in the
Weeki Wachee Capital Projects Fund shall be spent without the approval of City
Council by resolution.

(a)Resolution
recommending that the Anchoring and Mooring Pilot Program Report presented to
the Public Services & Infrastructure Committee on February 9, 2012 be
presented to the full Council on March 1, 2012.

(a)Resolution
requesting that the City Attorney's Office draft an ordinance to separate the
referendum protected proceeds from the sale of the Weeki Wachee property and
the non-referendum protected proceeds from the sale of the Weeki Wachee
property so that interest earnings generated from the non-referendum protected
proceeds can be used for arts funding purposes.

H.Legal

I.Public
Hearings and Quasi-Judicial Proceedings - 6:00 PM

Public Hearings

NOTE:The following Public Hearing items have been submitted for consideration
by the City Council.If you wish to
speak on any of the Public Hearing items, please obtain one of the YELLOW
cards from the containers on the wall outside of Council Chamber, fill it out
as directed, and present it to the Clerk.You will be given 3 minutes ONLY to state your position on any item but
may address more than one item.

February 16, 2012

NOTE:The Consent Agenda contains normal, routine
business items that are very likely to be approved by the City Council by a
single motion.Council questions on
these items were answered prior to the meeting.Each Councilmember may, however, defer any item for added discussion at
a later time.